A firefighter and a resident of a high-rise senior building in North Bergen were taken to the hospital today after a smoky, 2-alarm fire in the bedroom of a ninth-floor apartment this afternoon, officials said.

Firefighters responding to Westview Towers at 6115 Granton Avenue on a 1:33 p.m. alarm found heavy smoke on several floors and called a second alarm 10 minutes later, said North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue Chief Frank Montagne.

“It went to a second alarm because high-rise fires are hard to fight,” said Montagne of the blaze. The building has more than 20 floors and about 300 apartments. The blaze was placed under control about 40 minutes after firefighters arrived.

One firefighter was taken to a hospital suffering from exhaustion and a 10th-floor resident was taken to a hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, said Montagne. The chief said both are expected to be OK.

The bedroom of the ninth-floor apartment suffered fire damage and the entire apartment suffered smoke damage, as did the hallways on that floor, the chief said.

Investigators are on the scene working to determine the cause of the fire, Montagne said.